Christina Gringeri

TL;DR: The most commonly applied strategies were use of a sampling rationale (67%), analyst triangulation (59%), and mention of methodological limitations (56%); the least common were negative or deviant case analysis (8%), external audit (7%), and specification of ontology (6%).

TL;DR: This article explored contemporary feminist social work research by examining 50 randomly selected research-based articles that claimed feminism within their work, focusing on the authors' treatment of the gender binary, their grounding in theory, their treatment of methodology, and their feminist claims.

TL;DR: This article examined the treatment of epistemology and methodological rigor in qualitative social work dissertations and found that the most popular methods choices were grounded theory and phenomenology, followed by case studies, ethnography, or narrative methods.

TL;DR: Pascale et al. as discussed by the authors explored the epistemological foundations of qualitative social work research and found that the most common rationale given for the research was a gap in the literature (77%), followed by the severity or extent of the problem (50%).

TL;DR: Results demonstrated significant associations between low-income women's self-reports of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in childhood, and current and lifetime anxiety disorder, domestic violence, current posttraumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, physical health or mental health issues, and any mental health diagnosis.